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Hakeem Jeffries: “State and local officials can actually, criminally…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 06:27

ICE agents en masse who are poorly trained should not be able to target houses of worship, hospitals, schools and polling locations, we need to make sure that State and local officials can actually, criminally investigate ICE agents who violate state and local laws. There's no such thing as people having a free pass in The United States of America. We just want ICE to conduct itself like every other law enforcement agency in the country. (06:27–06:36)

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